Why Gossiping Could Help Your Love Life

为什么八卦可能有益于你的爱情生活

Modern Love

社会与文化

2025-02-19

31 分钟
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For Kelsey McKinney, the author of the new book, “You Didn’t Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip,” spreading a good story occupied a morally gray zone throughout her childhood. McKinney, who is also the former host of the podcast, “Normal Gossip,” talks with Modern Love’s Anna Martin about navigating the ups and downs of gossiping in her own life. McKinney also reads the Modern Love essay “We Were a Party of Two, but Never Quite Alone” by Linda Button, who tells the story of how gossiping with her rich suitor’s exes brought the euphoria of her relationship back down to earth. While reading Button’s essay, McKinney fields questions from Martin so they can do some gossiping of their own. How to submit a Modern Love Essay to The New York Times. How to submit a Tiny Love Story.
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  • Love now. And did you fall in love last? Fell. I love her love, but stronger than anything. And I love you more than anything. You're still love love.

  • From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.

  • This is Modern Love.

  • Every week we bring you stories about love, lust, heartbreak and all the messiness of relationships.

  • And I don't know what can be messier than then gossip.

  • Maybe you were raised to believe it was morally or spiritually wrong to gossip.

  • Maybe you're okay with it as long as it's not about you.

  • Or maybe you love it.

  • Harmless gossip can be a way to make friends to keep your group chat going.

  • Good gossip makes you want to lean in.

  • For example,

  • I still remember being told

  • that the hottest guy from my high school started speaking

  • in an Australian accent the second he got to college.

  • My high school was in Maryland.

  • I have no idea if this guy's family was from Australia or

  • if he'd gone on a very meaningful trip to Australia.

  • Who knows?

  • Very nice guy.

  • But I am told that the second this guy got to college,